PAULDING, OH – Paulding County, enterprising, progressive, always forging to the front, has just completed arrangement for another step forward in the onward march of improvement, and civilizing and intellectual advancement. – (Regarding Andrew Carnegie’s $40,000 gift to open a library. Paulding Democrat, Thursday, July 3, 1913.) The Paulding County Carnegie Library has officially launched…
PAULDING – Stan and Barb Searing recently donated twelve prints depicting the Ohio canals to the historic Paulding County Carnegie Library. These prints were a premium offered in 2007-2008 presented to the Searings with their membership to the Ohio Canal Society. The prints depict different canal boats, locks and scenes from the Miami-Erie Canal era.…
This week Kiwanis member Susan Pieper with the Paulding County Carnegie Library displayed the library’s new interactive database. The Online Newspaper Archive is a new program released by the library that allows anyone to search old newspapers dating back to 1859 all the way to 2016. Local genealogy groups helped with the research that went…
Paulding County Carnegie Library Director, Susan Pieper, led a canvas painting class for young patrons at the Payne Branch Library. Fourteen artists painted beautiful “Sweetheart Bouquets” and enjoyed a sweet cookie treat. Canvas classes at the library are always free of charge and always tons of fun! Stop by the branch and follow us on…
The Paulding County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society recently donated $1,000 to the Paulding County Carnegie Library Newspaper Digitization Project. This project comprises of the digitization of Paulding County newspapers from the late 1800s through the present with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software applied. This software can identify printed characters and allows for the…
The Paulding County Carnegie Library Director and Librarian, Susan Pieper has been recertified in the Ohio Public Librarian Certification Program until 2022. This program recognizes individual librarians who have met minimum standards established by the Ohio Library Council – which for renewal is 75 continuing education contact hours – and is recognized as a Certified…
Furthering the Library’s mission to provide resources to serve the informational, educational, and recreational needs of the public, the library is introducing their Hotspot lending program to make information – and more specifically the Internet – accessible to everyone. Patrons may borrow the device to access the Internet for free at home, in the car,…
